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Ernest Guiraud

1837 - 1892

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Ernest Guiraud (French: [ɛʁnɛst ɡiʁo]; 23 June 1837 – 6 May 1892) was an American-born French composer and music teacher. He is best known for writing the traditional orchestral recitatives used for Bizet's opera Carmen and for Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Guiraud is the 603rd most popular composer (down from 540th in 2019), the 3,210th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,505th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ernest Guiraud ranks 603 out of 1,451. Before him are François Devienne, Johann Schobert, John Bull, Johann Andreas Stein, Helmut Lachenmann, and Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini. After him are Hans Christian Lumbye, Pietro Nardini, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Franz Abt, Manuel Ponce, and Alexander Gretchaninov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Ernest Guiraud ranks 48. Before him are Alexandre Guilmant, Carolus-Duran, Théodore Dubois, Algernon Charles Swinburne, James Murray, and Theodore Gill. After him are Prince Albert of Prussia, Horace Parnell Tuttle, Liu Yongfu, Itagaki Taisuke, Nicolás Avellaneda, and Zhang Zhidong. Among people deceased in 1892, Ernest Guiraud ranks 36. Before him are Ravachol, Yoshitoshi, Peter Nicolai Arbo, Antonio de Torres Jurado, Hermann Burmeister, and Hervé. After him are Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Charles Lavigerie, Afanasy Fet, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, and Carlo Cafiero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernest Guiraud ranks 3,210 out of 20,380. Before him are Brandon deWilde (1942), Ann Miller (1923), Chris Wallace (1947), Robert W. McElroy (1954), Katherine Jackson (1930), and Lisa Bonet (1967). After him are Mark Dacascos (1964), Elijah Wood (1981), Garret Hobart (1844), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Joel Asaph Allen (1838), and Barbara Kruger (1945).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Ernest Guiraud ranks 33. Before him are Leroy Anderson (1908), Terry Riley (1935), Michael Kamen (1948), John Adams (1947), Amy Beach (1867), and Morton Feldman (1926). After him are James Scott (1885), Stephen Foster (1826), Alex North (1910), Basil Poledouris (1945), Jerome Kern (1885), and Carmine Coppola (1910).

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